Luke Purkiss

Details: Roaming the coastline tonight knowing the swell is due to pick up and likely a worsening in the weather throughout the week. Found a lovely little channel as the tide started to come in, casting my lure just beyond the channel where the current started to run strong with water flowing in and out as the waves pushed. On my second cast as the water started to race out of that channel from the previous wave, the lure held in the current beautifully, where I just felt the most gentle pick up of the lure, at first I thought I’d caught up with some weed, then some serious, ferocious head shaking and trying not to let it get the run on me. The girth on her head as she came to the surface of the water. I knew she was big. Managed to get her in through the channel and just as I was bringing her to my feet my line snapped at the lure clip from having caught the rock on the way through. Fortunately she was at my feet with no where to go. In a panic and huge rush of adrenaline I just wanted to measure get a photo and put her back. Which I did, only to realise after that I had not placed my card down for the pic! Gutted! Either way more than happy to have my biggest fish of the year landed and pictured at least.

Date submitted:13/08/24

Details: Obscurely green coloured TT Shad has done me proud again. I saw this one roaming in the shallows and passed the lure straight over its head. It instantly turned and inhaled the lure.

Date submitted:28/07/24

Details: Smashed the lure and nearly beached itself in the process. Made for a great fight in the shallows.

Date submitted:20/07/24

Details: Hit upon first couple of turns from point of impact. The only one of size today.

Date submitted:14/07/24

Details: A horrid wind made for a torrid time trying to get the lure to sit and retrieve with any kind of feel. However the hard graft and 42000 steps later this hungry black back Beaty came out of nowhere and smashed my obscurely coloured lure from amongst the weed 💥

Date submitted:13/07/24

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Date submitted:01/07/24

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Date submitted:01/07/24

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Date submitted:01/07/24